In re Jones

In 2011, Sidney Joe Jones (State Bar No. 734128)1 was convicted of eleven misdemeanors, including ten violations of OCGA § 42-4-13 (e), which prohibits, among other things, the carrying of items for an inmate across the guard line at a jail without the knowledge and consent of the jailer.2 For these misdemeanors, Jones was sentenced to probation for eleven consecutive terms of twelve months each. The State Bar then commenced these disciplinary proceedings, alleging that Jones was subject — by virtue of his misdemeanor convictions — to discipline under Rule 8.4 (a) (3) of the Georgia Rules of…